Get the radical leftists off the air and keep them off. They use publicmedia as a bully pulpit.

President Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

CPB provides federal funding for PBS and National Public Radio stations.

"The Budget proposes to eliminate Federal funding for the Corporation forPublic Broadcasting (CPB) over a two year period," according to theproposal.

"CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the PublicBroadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), whichprimarily rely on private donations to fund their operations," itcontinues.

"To conduct an orderly transition away from Federal funding, the Budgetrequests $15.5 million in 2019 and $15 million in 2020, which wouldinclude funding for personnel costs of $16.2 million, rental costs of $8.9million; and other costs totaling $5.4 million."

In a statement in March 2017 after the first Trump budget proposed theelimination of CPB, the 50-year-old nonprofit characterized itself as oneof Americas best investments.

We will work with the new administration and Congress in raisingawareness that elimination of federal funding to CPB begins the collapseof the public media system itself and the end of the essential nationalservice," CPB President Patricia Harrison said.

There is no viable substitute for federal funding that ensures Americanshave universal access to public medias educational and informationalprogramming and services," she added.

The elimination of federal funding to CPB would initially devastate andultimately destroy public medias role in early childhood education,public safety, connecting citizens to our history, and promoting civildiscussions  all for Americans in both rural and urban communities.

Responding to Trump's budget, the CPB's head said the cuts would hurtemergency alert systems and childhood programming, among other things.

PBS CEO Paula Kerger said at a TV critics meeting last July that a numberof PBS stations across the country are dependent on federal funding inorder to survive.

"PBS will not go away, but a number of our stations will," Kerger said onJuly 30. "There is no Plan B for that."

Trump's budget requires congressional approval before it can take effect.Public broadcasting has survived previous presidential threats to cut itsfunding.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

--Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'dhave to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.

Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it. Nextthey have to discuss raising the retirement age for Social Security andMedicare.

When they discuss itsy bitsy programs like CPB and Amtrak, you'reobligated to throw rotten tomatoes at them.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

I don't know what to tell you about that. Social Security was originallyset up to provide a small income for a few elderly people who had livedlonger than average. Now it provides a small income for the last 15years of life. It's not sustainable.

If not for Social Security taxes, plenty of additional people could havesaved for their own retirement. The way it's set up, it depends on anever-increasing number of younger workers, but we no longer have enoughyounger workers to pay for the retirement older workers.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

I don't know what to tell you about that. Social Security was originallyset up to provide a small income for a few elderly people who had livedlonger than average. Now it provides a small income for the last 15years of life. It's not sustainable.If not for Social Security taxes, plenty of additional people could havesaved for their own retirement. The way it's set up, it depends on anever-increasing number of younger workers, but we no longer have enoughyounger workers to pay for the retirement older workers.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

I don't know what to tell you about that. Social Security was originallyset up to provide a small income for a few elderly people who had livedlonger than average. Now it provides a small income for the last 15years of life. It's not sustainable.If not for Social Security taxes, plenty of additional people could havesaved for their own retirement. The way it's set up, it depends on anever-increasing number of younger workers, but we no longer have enoughyounger workers to pay for the retirement older workers.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

I don't know what to tell you about that. Social Security was originallyset up to provide a small income for a few elderly people who had livedlonger than average. Now it provides a small income for the last 15years of life. It's not sustainable.If not for Social Security taxes, plenty of additional people could havesaved for their own retirement. The way it's set up, it depends on anever-increasing number of younger workers, but we no longer have enoughyounger workers to pay for the retirement older workers.

The problam with personal resposibility is that you have to take it.

Is that also the 'problam' with taking inherited wealth?

Are you now trying to dictate to whom someone gives wealth he hasacquired?

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

I don't know what to tell you about that. Social Security was originallyset up to provide a small income for a few elderly people who had livedlonger than average. Now it provides a small income for the last 15years of life. It's not sustainable.If not for Social Security taxes, plenty of additional people could havesaved for their own retirement. The way it's set up, it depends on anever-increasing number of younger workers, but we no longer have enoughyounger workers to pay for the retirement older workers.

The problam with personal resposibility is that you have to take it.

Is that also the 'problam' with taking inherited wealth?

Are you now trying to dictate to whom someone gives wealth he hasacquired?

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

I don't know what to tell you about that. Social Security was originallyset up to provide a small income for a few elderly people who had livedlonger than average. Now it provides a small income for the last 15years of life. It's not sustainable.If not for Social Security taxes, plenty of additional people could havesaved for their own retirement. The way it's set up, it depends on anever-increasing number of younger workers, but we no longer have enoughyounger workers to pay for the retirement older workers.

The problam with personal resposibility is that you have to take it.

Is that also the 'problam' with taking inherited wealth?

Are you now trying to dictate to whom someone gives wealth he hasacquired?

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to endfederal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB),part of a package that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Don't be absurd. Did you miss the massive budget increase the militaryreceived? It was in the news.Politicians who make serious promises to cut federal spending must startwith the military budget. There's simply no other way to do it.

I don't know what to tell you about that. Social Security was originallyset up to provide a small income for a few elderly people who had livedlonger than average. Now it provides a small income for the last 15years of life. It's not sustainable.If not for Social Security taxes, plenty of additional people could havesaved for their own retirement. The way it's set up, it depends on anever-increasing number of younger workers, but we no longer have enoughyounger workers to pay for the retirement older workers.

The problam with personal resposibility is that you have to take it.

Social Security taxes were raised when Reagan was president. It wasn'tcoincidence that there was a drop in personal savings that reflectedhigher taxes. The people who were adversely affected were saving fortheir own retirement. Now they had to pay higher taxes to pay for theprevious generation's retirement.

Congress needs to give the economy a chance to work for the greatestnumber of people. The Social Security System is a disaster. It fails toaddress underlying flaws in the economy. Giving people a pension that'stoo small at the end of life didn't fix the economy at all.

The debate is specious. "We have to have Social Security because in the1930s, there were elderly people in extreme poverty who weren't going tobe able to work." That's really not a point of debate. Why did no oneask the question, Why were there elderly people in extreme poverty,either workers who had jobs and had worked their whole lives, or theirwidows? It's hardly because the subsequent generation of workers wasn'tpaying enough taxes, but that's the solution we got.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the beginning of massive budget cuts for Israel.

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Let us hope this is just the begining of massive budget cuts.

Yeah... like all that aid to Florida, during hurricane season.

--"Politicians can be cheered for the promises they make. Our country willbe judged by the promises we keep. That is the measure of ourcharacter, that's who we are. Out of many, One." - Joseph P. Kennedy III1-30-18

Post by David FritzPresident Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.

Post by David FritzGet the radical leftists off the air and keep them off. They use publicmedia as a bully pulpit.President Trump's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federalfunding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of apackage that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.CPB provides federal funding for PBS and National Public Radio stations."The Budget proposes to eliminate Federal funding for the Corporation forPublic Broadcasting (CPB) over a two year period," according to theproposal."CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the PublicBroadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), whichprimarily rely on private donations to fund their operations," itcontinues."To conduct an orderly transition away from Federal funding, the Budgetrequests $15.5 million in 2019 and $15 million in 2020, which wouldinclude funding for personnel costs of $16.2 million, rental costs of $8.9million; and other costs totaling $5.4 million."In a statement in March 2017 after the first Trump budget proposed theelimination of CPB, the 50-year-old nonprofit characterized itself as “oneof America’s best investments.”“We will work with the new administration and Congress in raisingawareness that elimination of federal funding to CPB begins the collapseof the public media system itself and the end of the essential nationalservice," CPB President Patricia Harrison said.“There is no viable substitute for federal funding that ensures Americanshave universal access to public media’s educational and informationalprogramming and services," she added.“The elimination of federal funding to CPB would initially devastate andultimately destroy public media’s role in early childhood education,public safety, connecting citizens to our history, and promoting civildiscussions — all for Americans in both rural and urban communities.”Responding to Trump's budget, the CPB's head said the cuts would hurtemergency alert systems and childhood programming, among other things.PBS CEO Paula Kerger said at a TV critics meeting last July that a numberof PBS stations across the country are dependent on federal funding inorder to survive."PBS will not go away, but a number of our stations will," Kerger said onJuly 30. "There is no Plan B for that."Trump's budget requires congressional approval before it can take effect.Public broadcasting has survived previous presidential threats to cut itsfunding.http://thehill.com/homenews/media/373434-trump-proposes-eliminating-federal-funding-for-pbs-npr